EXETER, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Years ago, the Wyoming Area Catholic School sponsored a public pantry box, providing a space for members of the community to give and take essentials. <\/p>\n
Located a mile away at the public library, the box went out of commission during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Now, with the help of the school\u2019s Builders Club and a local woodworking family , a \u201cBlessings Box\u201d has been erected in front of the school\u2019s building.<\/p>\n
The box was built and installed by the Klinefelter Family. <\/p>\n
The idea for the box was suggested at the beginning of the year, although Tiffany Callaio, teacher and builders club advisor, says the box came at a time of need. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe community has a need right now, with everything that was going on with the shutdown and SNAP benefits,” she said. <\/p>\n
Callaio takes students to the box weekly, to restock toiletry and food items. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe stock it. The last couple of weeks, I\u2019ve been noticing there\u2019s definitely been a lot of materials and a lot of items gone,” she said. <\/p>\n
These acts don\u2019t go unnoticed by the community, explains 6th-grade student Scarlett O\u2019Hop.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s people driving by and they see you and honk their horn and smile, and wave. It\u2019s just good to know that you\u2019re helping people,” said O’Hop.<\/p>\n
7th grader Hannah Mohn also aids in stocking the box, even while getting ready to perform in the school\u2019s production of \u201cThe Adams Family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes me feel great, it makes me feel like I\u2019m really making a difference and helping my community,\u201d said Mohn. <\/p>\n
To students in the Builders Club the box is just one way they give back to their community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe collect toys for the Santa Squad, we did the honor guard at a veterans’ mass, and do other service projects like that,\u201d said Mohn. <\/p>\n
The box can be found at the entrance to the school\u2019s parking lot, and anyone from the community can take what they need or leave what they can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXETER, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Years ago, the Wyoming Area Catholic School sponsored a public pantry box, providing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-41094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}